People cheer as the ball drops at midnight in Times Square on
January 1, 2015 in New York City. An estimated one million people from
around the world are expected to pack Times Square to ring in 2015.
(Photo: Andrew Theodorakis/Getty Images)

An activist holds her hands up during a protest march against police
brutality that traveled from Union Square to Times Square on December
31, 2014 in New York City. (Photo: Kevin Hagen/Getty Images)

New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton walks through
Times Square as crowds arrive for the city's annual New Year's Eve
celebration on December 31, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Kevin
Hagen/Getty Images)

New Year's Eve fireworks erupt over Sydney's iconic Harbour
Bridge and Opera House during the traditional fireworks show held at
midnight on January 1, 2015. (Photo: PETER PARKS/AFP/Getty Images)

An Indian woman applies coloured powder to a 'rangolis', a Hindu
ritual design, in front of her home in Hyderabad on January 1, 2015.
(Photo: NOAH SEELAM/AFP/Getty Images)

Fireworks light up the sky above the Saint Basil's Cathedral
during the welcoming ceremony for the new year at the Red Square in
Moscow, Russia on January 1, 2015. (Photo by Sefa Karacan/Anadolu
Agency/Getty Images)

The Arc de Triomphe during the New Year's Celebration on the
Champs-Elysees on December 31, 2014 in Paris, France. (Photo by Aurelien
Meunier/WireImage)

A wave crashes on two girls hugging as they usher in the new
year, while fireworks explode over Copacabana beach, during New Year
celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2015. (Photo:
Felipe Dana, AP)

South
Koreans gather during the welcoming ceremony of the New Year at
Imjingak peace park in the border city of Paju near the Demilitarized
zone dividing the two Koreas on January 1, 2015. (Photo: JUNG
YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images)

Pope Francis kisses a statue of the baby Jesus as he arrives to
celebrate the new year's eve vespers Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the
Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2014. (Photo: AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

People release balloons to celebrate the New Year during an
annual countdown ceremony in Tokyo on January 1, 2015. Some 2,000 guests
of the Prince Park Tower Tokyo released the balloons in the air,
carrying with their new year wishes. (Photo: TOSHIFUMI
KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images)

People cheer in front of Rome's ancient Colosseum as fireworks
explode to celebrate the new year on January 1, 2015. AFP PHOTO /
ANDREAS SOLARO (Photo credit should read ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP/Getty
Images)

Fireworks
light up the sky as Filipinos welcome the New Year Thursday, Jan.1,
2015 in Manila, Philippines. Traditionally Filipinos welcome the New
Year with firecrackers, fireworks and almost anything to make the
loudest noise possible. (Photo: Bullit Marquez, AP)

People release sky lantern to celebrate the New Year in Harbin,
on January 1, 2015. Over one million visitors are expected to attend the
spectacular Harbin Ice Festival, where buildings of ice are bathed in
ethereal lights and international ice sculptors compete for honours.
(Photo: FRED DUFOUR/AFP/Getty Images)

Fireworks explode above the ancient temple of Parthenon atop the
Acropolis hill during the New Year celebrations in Athens on January 1,
2015. (Photo: ARIS MESSINIS/AFP/Getty Images)

Fireworks light up the sky above the Brandenburg Gate during the
welcoming ceremony for the new year in Berlin, Germany on January 1,
2015. (Photo: Cuneyt Karadag/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)